Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Synthesis of Terminal Acetals from Vinylarenes Assisted by [pi]-Acceptor Ligands

The front cover artwork for Issue5/2017 is provided by researchers from Nara Women's University (Japan). The image shows a novel synthesis of terminal acetals from vinylarenes and diols that uses Pd and Cu catalysts and O2, brought by the fairies, and is efficiently promoted by methoxy-p-benzoquinone brought by the goddess. See the Full Paper itself athttps://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201601517.